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The first new potential contestant to take a recognized trial race this year is Wilkinson, who narrowly won the LeComte Stakes (gr. III) over Pants On Fire (by Jump Start). Wilkinson had scored only once in his previous four starts, although he did also have two seconds and a third on his record. He is a home-bred son of Lemon Drop Kid ...

   1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch For raw talent, he stands above the others. He has the potential to be a superstar if he can keep showing that same brilliance at nine and 10 furlongs. He has enough stamina to suggest that won’t be as much of a problem as some think. Exceptional talent can take ...

I am flying home from the 12th annual Daily Racing Form/NTRA National Handicapping Championship which concluded Saturday night at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada.  I am banging out this blog on my I-Phone while the experience is still fresh in my memory.  This year's event was a nail-biter  with the ...

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 An article by Tanya Tyler at bizlex.com on the first of three ''Women Leading Kentucky'' luncheons was sent to me by Erica Larson.The article was very interesting, because the round table topic was 'How Kentucky Became Southern.' The article brought a brief history lesson, which of course involved horses. Notably Lexington, who graces the ...

By Scot T. Gillies How do the European stallion and sales markets compare to their U.S. counterparts? Michael Youngs and Rachel Pagones review 2011 European stud offerings and 2010 auction results in this month's cover stories. The 2011 European Review issue features extended lists of incoming and young sires in England, Ireland, France, Germany, ...

The catalog is out for what traditionally is the fanciest juvenile auction, the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale, This year's edition of the auction is scheduled for March 3 at its new site, the Palm Meadows Training Center in Boynton Beach, Fla. Following is a list of some of the 2-year-olds that are close relatives to top racehorses:   Hip No. ...

(Guest post by Tom Hall) If people are judged by the company they keep, then why not Thoroughbreds? When Kingmambo was named a chef-de-race stallion in 2010, he certainly joined two exclusive lists. Although pensioned from stallion duty, the 21-year-old son of Mr. Prospector out of Miesque, by Nureyev, is alive and well and living the good life ...

Team Zenyatta ended months of speculation when they announced the identity of the 2010 Horse of the Year's first mate: 2006 champion three-year-old colt Bernardini (TrueNicks,SRO). The cross of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO) and sons with Machiavellian line mares rates A++ on TrueNicks, with two grade I winners on the cross from only 10 ...